PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation:

born: .... 1897 (or: .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1896 as Joseph ALEXANDER), ........., Brentford, ENGLAND
died: ...............

(1) married in .. July/Aug/Sep 1922 in Brentford, Middlesex to:
Kathleen Sara PEYTON (b. .. Apr/May/June 1889, Kensington, Middlesex, ENGLAND - d. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1929, Kensington, ENGLAND at age 31y (not 21y))

children:

  • .................



(2) married in Oct/Nov/Dec 1929 in Hampstead, Middlesex to:
Olive Alice GROVES (b. .. Jan/Feb/Mar 1900, Hampstead, Middlesex, ENGLAND - d. ..............)

children:

  • .................



PARENTS:


father: ........... ALEXANDER (b. ............ - d. .................)
mother: ....................... (b. ............... - d. ................)

children:

  • Marcus Joseph Colhurst (b. ......... - d. .............)



LIFE:


1911 UK CENSUS
........ ALEXANDER
......... ALEXANDER
- Marcus (14y)


Gramco recorder (BT/CT)
Baghdad and Tehran, 1926



Marcus ALEXANDER (36y; b. London) engineer
SS "MAURETANIA"
dep.: 19 Apr 1930, Southampton, ENGLAND
arr.: 24 Apr 1930, New York
Passage paid by: Decca Record Co. Ltd.
Home address: Mrs. A. Alexander, King's Road, Chelsea



Marcus ALEXANDER (36y) engineer
SS "GERMANIA"
dep.: .. May 1930, New York via Cobh
arr.: 2 June 1930, New York
Address: Mrs. A. Alexander, Chenil Galleries, 181 King's Road, Chelsea, London S.W.3

CHELSEA TOWN HALL, King’s Road, London SW3 (1886) is adjacent to the
Chenil Galleries and was used on seven occasions in 1932-33. Since 1965 it has
housed a public library.
CHENIL GALLERIES, 181-183, King’s Road, CHELSEA, London SW3
(1925), originally an arts centre closed in 1927, was Decca’s first home base,
used for most of its sessions from 1929-36. The building, acquired by the local
council in 1947 and let as retail premises, was disused by 2008 (from internet: DECCA DISCOGRAPHY).


NOTES:

  • The Gramophone Company's Persian Recordings 1899 to 1934 by Michael S. Kinnear. Bajakhana, Victoria, 2000 (p. 16)






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